Conservation tasks

Definition

Conservation tasks refer to experiments designed by Piaget to assess a child's ability to understand that certain properties (such as quantity, mass, or volume) remain the same despite superficial changes in appearance.

Related terms

Centration: Focusing on only one aspect of a situation while ignoring other relevant factors.

Irreversibility: The inability to mentally reverse or undo an action.

Decentering: The ability to consider multiple aspects of a situation simultaneously.